Topic: Re: My Details ??

[Simon]

Here you go, Shell!  

Netsky-D Removal Tool.

[TR]

And onother from the AVG Stable >> http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_remtext.php?id=mydoom

[Michelle]

Thanks Guy's I've downloaded those.

I'll run them now eeek !!!  

[Michelle]

It worked thanks you lot  

It was the netsky one. grrrrrrr

[Michelle]

I got another one but avg deleted it this time?

How does it get through everything? I thought you had to open a dodgy attachment?

And also what does it actually do to your computer, as I didn't notice anything, it was only avg picking it up on a check?

 

[Simon]

Must be ME Shell!  

[Michelle]

Thanks for your technical input simon!!    


And of course it wasn't YOU !!!  

[Clive]

Netsky spread so fast that many people caught it before the antivirus updates came out Michelle.  Like DJ, you may have been one of the unlucky ones.  The payload merely involved causing your computer to make a series of beeps for a couple of hours on March 2nd.  But of course it also harvested all the addresses on your computer and sent copies of itself to everyone.   :'(

[Michelle]

oh !! Well I understand that with the first one, but not the second one?

Ah well, thanks for the info Clive.

[Michelle]

AVG found another one on my puter today - ahhh

I-worm/klez.h

whats it all about alfie?

[Adept]

Do you have AVG set up to scan your email Michelle? That's assuming that you use Outlook or Outlook Express which are the only email clients that AVG supports.

Another possibility is that these files are in a temporary folder and AVG has been setup not to scan this folder in it's on-access rather than scheduled checking.

Whatever it is, I would boot in safe mode and run a full scan just in case

[Clive]

Oh klez.h is a real nasty bit of work and I used to get up to a dozen a day when it was at it's height back just over a year ago.  It only goes to show that it's still going around after all this time.  The big problem that you have is that your children use your computer which means that you are not in total control over what gets downloaded.  They could even bring an infected  floppy disk home from school and unknowingly contaminate your machine.  The only thing you can do is to make sure that you keep ahead of the game with regular updates and patches.

[Simon]

The big problem that you have is that your children use your computer which means that you are not in total control over what gets downloaded.  They could even bring an infected  floppy disk home from school and unknowingly contaminate your machine.  The only thing you can do is to banish the kids from ever touching the computer again, under threat of forcing them to eat cold sprouts for breakfast for a week, and to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs.  Again.

You're all heart, Clive.  

[Michelle]

Firstly to simon!!! And to clive hmmm there's a thought!!

My email comes through incredimail now I think zonealarm checks that?  Does it check for viruses? Now I'm not sure. But still I thought you had to open the attachments.

I was gonna put mailwasher on again, but I've lost it lol where is that again simon please? will that do it?

I did do a scan with restore off but not on safe mode, how do I start in that again? Its been years since I needed to do that.

Thanks guys for all your help and info  

[Sandra]

Press F8 repeatedly Michelle, as the PC is rebooting, just after the post beep